She managed to elude authorities for years, despite living a glamorous life and rising to the top of Mexico’s macho drug world. In the end, it was the U.S. justice system that finally nailed a confession from Sandra Avila Beltran, aka the “Queen of the Pacific,” whose plea agreement in Miami federal court surfaced earlier this week. . . Read More

A plastic surgeon charged with trying to help a drug dealer avoid apprehension by surgically removing his fingerprints was ordered to remain in jail Wednesday by a judge who said he is likely to flee to Mexico. . . Read More

A Tucson attorney was arrested Aug. 12 on conspiracy charges as part of a series of busts aimed at a large drug-trafficking organization. Hector A. Montoya practiced law in Nogales for approximately seven years with his sister Anna Montoya-Paez, who is currently a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge. . . Read More

A former TUSD custodian was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for his part in a home invasion in October 2007. Bobby Ramirez Ortiz, 40, pleaded guilty to armed robbery last month and was facing anywhere between four and 10 years in prison. . . Read More

Three people have been arrested following a traffic stop this morning. One of the people arrested includes Pauline Guerena, sister-in-law to Jose Guerena, the ex-marine who was shot and killed in a fatal SWAT raid in May 2011. . . Read More